Funeral of Senator Nixon Held at Home in Woodsey Jane
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at 4 o clock at the Nixon family home in Woodsey Jane for Senator George S Nixon attended by President Taft Vice President Sherman and many senators and officials The body was later sent to Reno Nev for burial with services to be held Monday Mrs Nixon and son Bertram E Nixon chose to meet the party in Chicago Rather than travel to Washington The Senate adjourned in honor and a delegation accompanied the casket to Reno including Senators Newlands Bailey Works Heyburn Brown Curtis Oliver Chamberlain Swanson Park Fall Ashurst Representatives Roberts Langham Bowman Baker Hamilton Dyer Ruby Gould Murray Greene Langley and Young of Kansas The casket neared the Capitol and the body stood near an open window with the Capitol dome visible A eulogy by Senate Chaplain A G B Pierce was delivered and flowers sent by the President Vice President and many friends adorned the casket The funeral train left Union Station at 6 45 for Reno with a brief stop in Chicago to meet Mrs Nixon and Bertram E Nixon}
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Nixon
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Greene
Langley
Young
Kansas
Property Purchases and New Constructions Reported
The National Capital Press bought Bil Eleventh street property from Josep R. Edsen for 2500. New owners plan razing the old two story building to erect a large business structure. T H Evans began work on fifteen two story brick dwellings in Otis Place northwest. A permit was issued for a 200 Massachusetts avenue northwest residence for Mrs Katherine McCormick costing over 100000. Walter Stilson Hutchins and Charles L Fralley, executors, petitioned probate court to appoint a collector for the Hutchins estate, asserting the trust with William J Dante managing properties dissolves after Hutchins death.
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National Capital Press, Inc
Bil Eleventh Street
Josep R. Edsen
James A Buchanan
T H. Evans
Otis Plage
Massachusetts Avenue
Northwest
Katherine McCormick
Hutchins
Walter Stilson Hutchins
Charles L. Fralley
Stilson Hutchins
William J. Dante
City Bulletin of Transit and Theatres
Daily schedule details for steamers and rail connections from Seventh Street to Old Point Comfort Norfolk and Washington lines. Operates weekdays with moonlight trip and Chesapeake Beach trains. Also front-page theater listings for Cosmos and multiple shows with cast notes and prices.
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Mount Vernon
Marshall Hall
Seventh Strait
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company
Seventh Street
Old Point Comfort
Norfolk
Eth
Fifteenth Street
New York
Park and Chevy Chese
Washington and Old Dominion
Thirty-fifth
M Streets
St Johnson
7Th Street Wharf
Chesapeake Beach
Chesapeake Beach Railway
District Line
Eee
Colum
Memorial mass for Spanish War dead on White House ellipse
Gibbons to Cardinal Gibbons will celebrate the memorial mass for the Spanish war dead Sunday morning under the auspices of Admirer George Dewey Camp Spanish War Veterans on the White House ellipse. Other officers include Rev. Charles M Bart Very Rev George Dougherty Very Rev J R Meagher Rev William J Carroll and others. Heads of subcommittees include Capt R J Donnelly Dr A B Wilkinson Franga J JT Cleary Richard L Lamb and many more.
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George Dewey Camp
White House
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George Dougherty
J. R. Meagher
William J. Carroll
James A. Smyth
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Charles Fisher
William T. Russell
R J. Donnelly
A. BD. Wilkinson
Franga J. JT. Cleary
Richard L. Lamb
C. J. Harlow
J. H Borger
J. KR. McDonald
J. Shwarve
B L. Cagsin
J. D. Sullivan
Mra
J. R Galloway
P. A. Tobin
R. B. Johnson
Driscoll
M. M Doyle
J. A. Costello
McNameeland
P.J. Huiligan
Washington Inn to be saved in historic meeting
The Association of Oldest Inhabitants of the District discussed saving the Washington Inn on North Capital Street from demolition by the government. Built by George Washington, it could be used to build a monument at the depot site. The government plans parking on the inn’s site. Judge Bundy notes Washington saw the first steamboat on the Potomac before Fulton.
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North Capital Street
Catreeta
George Washington
United States
Weller
Washington
Charles 8
Bundy
George ‘Washington
America
Potomac
Robert Fulton
James Rumney
Lectures on School Fires by Rep Redfield
Representative Redfield of New York lectured District officials on efficient furnace operation to cut fuel costs in Washington public schools. He blamed janitors for coal waste, noting thousands of dollars yearly in wasted fuel from improper firing and burned grate bars.
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W. C Redfield
New York
Washington
Reffield
Redfield
Henry Story
T F. J. Maguire
William I Webster
Taft Eyes Third NV 5S Judge Contempt Case
President Taft ordered Attorney General Wickersham to probe L. H. Salyers of Pike County Kentucky for contempt after Judge H. Clay McDowell sentenced him to five years in the penitentiary. Senators and representatives from Kentucky Tennessee Virginia intervened on Salyers behalf amid claims he influenced witnesses in a moonshining probe.
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Virginia
Taft
Wickersham
L. H. Salyers
Pike County
United States
H. Clay McDowell
Wirkinda
Bradley
Langley
Powers
Kentucky
Austin
Tennessee
Sleep
Salyers
Help the Titanic Memorial mobilizes prominent women nationwide
Reports from states show central offices receiving activity for the women’s Titanic memorial fund. Mrs William Cummings Story of New York organizes branches. Mrs Eugene Noss assists Massachusetts supporters. Rochester’s Mrs Henry A Strong pledges $1000. Savannah’s Mrs Isaac P Mendes drives local work. secretary Mrs John Hays Hammond notes many encouraging letters.
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New York
Eugene Noss
Massachusetts
Henry A. Strong
Rochester
N. Y
ICC Suspends Excess Baggage Rule For 120 Days
The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended proposed baggage rules, delaying advance excess baggage rates and size limits for 120 days until July 1 while an investigation continues. The rules would have affected nearly all U S railroads and prohibited carriage of certain oversized pieces.
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United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Waiters Abandon Strike at Capital Hotel Union Leaders Backtrack
Capital hotel waiters who formed a union and threatened to sink have reversed plans. Proprietors will not be asked today to raise wages or face consequences. Some waiters who joined the union have withdrawn their membership. Disagreement reportedly arose over payment of organizers from the union's funds.
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Capital Hotel
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